Bicycle design using intuitive operation towards creative design approach

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002.5 (0) ◽  
pp. 263-264
Author(s):  
Teruaki ITO ◽  
Akihiro MYOUKEN
Keyword(s):  
Design Approach ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Bicycle Design

The Study on the Innovation Bicycle Design Using Functional Element Characteristics

2015 ◽  
Vol 764-765 ◽  
pp. 383-387
Author(s):  
Nien Te Liu ◽  
Chang Tzuoh Wu ◽  
Yung Chun Lin
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Functional Element ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Functional Elements ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Symbol Table ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Bicycle Design

The design method on bicycle’s functional elements proposed by this research is based on analysis on the winning work in the Global Bicycle Design Competition. Via analyzing its creative design on functional elements, our study is aimed to establish a creative design method on bicycle for designers to develop lots of creative ideas at the concept development stage. This research is divided into three stages, including analysis on bicycle’s creative design elements, construction of creative design method flow on bicycle’s functional elements, and case study on design prototype. For analysis on bicycle’s creative design elements, we have come up with a symbol table of bicycle’s creative functional elements (CFEs). As to construction of creative design method flow on bicycle’s functional elements, we first asked the designer to describe his/her design theme, and then picked bicycle’s CFEs according to the contents described. After CFEs were picked, we then conducted the space position arrangement of functional element symbols. Based on designer’s requirements, we produced several kinds of space arrangements on CFEs, and then we designed a new bicycle by referring to the symbol table of bicycle’s CFEs acquired. In the final step, we followed the flowchart of bicycle’s CFEs constructed by this research, and proceeded a case study prototype design.

Creative Design Approach of Solar Energy Product based on Variable Length Gene Expression and Intuition Models

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-704
Author(s):  
Tingting Zhao ◽  
Xiaopeng Wei ◽  
Zhiqiu Xia ◽  
Hongjiang Wang ◽  
Juntie Xia
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Variable Length ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Energy Product

CATEGORIES OF PRAGMATIC ALGORITHM AND ARCHOFUNCTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
Sergey Boranov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Current Practice ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Design Algorithm ◽  
Space Planning ◽  
Mass Housing ◽  
Typical Design

The article analyzes the current practice of mass housing construction. The structure of the existing design algorithm is revealed. The characteristics of a typical design algorithm are determined, the application of which generates the uniformity of space-planning solutions and primitivization of architectural values. Examples of various architectural projects that actualize the concept of archofunction are considered. Archofunction appears as a trigger for a creative design approach. The main directions of further research are indicated.

Flexible Structure and Wheeled Feet to Simplify Biped Locomotion of Humanoid Robots

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo ◽  
Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Biped Robot ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Standing Position ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Flexible Structure ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Helical Springs ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Leg Motion

The paper presents a creative design approach focused at simplifying the control of biped humanoid robots locomotion in a domestic scenario. The creative design approach is the result of intensive studies aimed at optimizing dynamic balance ZMP-based control on fully-actuated biped platforms. The innovative solution proposed in this paper is applied to the realization of a novel humanoid robot, ROLLO, which is based on the implementation of a passive flexible structure constituting the robotic legs, and of wheeled feet. The unconventional use of the cylindrical helical springs in the flexible structure of the legs allows obtaining a biped robot able to achieve an alternate leg motion having only two active motors and remaining in a standing position also when the motors are not active.

Development of an improved design methodology and front steering design guideline for small-wheel bicycles for better stability and performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 234 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-244
Author(s):  
Milan Paudel ◽  
Fook Fah Yap
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Frame Design ◽  
Current Design ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Improved Design ◽  
Bicycle Design

The maneuverability and compactness of small-wheel and folding bicycles are greatly appreciated. Nonetheless, the performance of these small-wheel bicycles as compared to the big-wheel bicycles has always been questioned. They are often blamed for being less stable, wobbly, or twitchy. It is still unclear how the performance of the small-wheel bicycle designs can be improved. Both small- and big-wheel bicycles are designed with similar ergonomics; therefore, the focus has been on the front steering design. The steering design parameters of 91 big-wheel and 27 small-wheel bicycles were compared, bearing in mind the available front steering design guidelines to understand: (1) the influence of big-wheel bicycle’s frame design on small-wheel bicycles and (2) most common range of design parameters used in current bicycle designs. The analysis showed a strong influence of current big-wheel bicycle design practice on front frame parameter selection of small-wheel bicycles. Furthermore, the self-stability comparison over the most common design range confirmed the lesser stability in the current small-wheel bicycle designs at normal riding speed. However, it was also found that the lesser stability was not the result of small wheels per se, but rather owing to an inadequacy in the current design approach to addressing the complex influence of reducing wheel size and bicycle frame design on its stability and performance. Therefore, an improved design methodology was adopted by incorporating the bicycle dynamics into the current design approach and the front steering design guidelines for small-wheel bicycles have been developed. The guidelines contradict the current small-wheel bicycle design practice, as they recommend steeper headtube angles for small-wheel bicycles. The guidelines were validated with good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results on two prototype 20-inch-wheel bicycles having counter-intuitive steering geometry.

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